Moosehead

Moosehead is Canada's oldest independent brewery, located in Saint John, New Brunswick.  In 2003, Moosehead Lager won a Gold award at the World Beer Cup, and earned another at the prestigious Monde Selection.  Moosehead also produces under contract a number of international brands on behalf of four of the world's largest brewers. All brands of Moosehead have "Union Made" displayed on their labels, and in some cases, directly on the bottle.

 Until about five years ago Canada was the only place to find Moosehead.  Now it it common in most beer selling venues.  The beer is brewed with a blend of hops and barley.  This gives a clean taste, one that's not bitter, and a refreshing taste.

The color is a little odd if your not expecting it.  It pours yellow and depending on how you hold the glass determines the amount of head.  It isn't to hoppie nor malty, just clean with no after taste.  As always this beer is best cold.  As with all foreign beers this one has a little higher alcohol content than with U.S beers which is about a 5.0%.

My first impression of this beer is that it can be a reasonably good seasonal beer.  I think this would make a good Sun­day after­noon, football-watching beer.

Thanks for reading and all for your support.  As always comments and opinions are welcome.  Until next time, drink one for me.  

Bud lite

Bud lite comes in many forms.  There's the original, bud lite platinum and bud lite lime.  Bud lite, in my opinion, is the ultimate party beer.  Bud lite has grown to become one of the highest selling beers in the United States.  It contains 30% rice, (the rest is water lol).  Lite beer by definition means low alcohol. Along with low alcohol lite beer contains less calories. 

Bud Light is brewed by Anheuser-Busch in St.Louis Mo, and has a 4.2% by volume.  What can I say this beer looks good, other than that there is nothing special.  Bud lite is found in almost every convenience store and it goes good with drinking games due to it's low alcohol content. 

Here we go!  Again the best quality of this beer is it's availability.  I'm not saying anything bad but it's color is weak brown at best.  The taste when compared to traditional Budweiser is lacking.  When I pour it into a glass the question of why bother comes to mind.  Glass or can it doesn't change anything.

The best part about this beer is the marketing.  The selling factor for me is that this beer is good if you are planing on drinking a lot of them.  This beer is best used for social outings and parties.

As always comments and opinions are always welcome.  Until nest time, drink one for me.  

Budweiser Black Crown Lager

As I was strolling though the beer aisle at the local grocery store I came upon something quite interesting.  I vaguely remember seeing some super bowl ad featuring Budweiser Black Crown Lager.  This peaked my interest so I bought it.

When pouring I noticed something different off the bat.  This beer poured with an almost righteous golden color and levels off a nice solid white head.  The smell is what hit me next, a clean sweet smell of carmel and grainy aroma.  Call me crazy but I may have detected a hint of banana.  

Next the taste, it stays with you all the way to the end. Starts sweet and stays that way with no after taste this beer is quite smooth.  This beer is very smooth and offers quite a bit more flavor than regular Budweiser.  The maltier taste is what really sells here, that and there is no after taste.

Also did I mention it is a lager.  Which means at 6% it will defiantly get the job done.  This is one of the finer products Budweiser has to offer.  It goes with out saying that this beer needs some quality glass time.  This is my favorite of the Budweiser family.

As always comments and recommendations are welcome fell free to go crazy.  Until next time drink one for me.  

Newcastle Brown Ale

Newcastle is the world's best known brown ale.  A brand owned by Heineken and produced in North Yorkshire, England.  One of the first beers to be distributed in glass bottles, and is associated with the heavy industry around England.  

This beer is very easy to find, it is located in almost every where beer is sold.  This beer produces a nice amber color with little head. Good taste but is somewhat lacking in variety.  What is good about it's low hoppy taste is that it goes very well with most meals.  This is good because most ales offer a higher alcohol content.     

One good thing about this particulate beer is that it doesn't last too long when left in room temperature.  That's good foe those of us who like really cold beer.  English beers are very unique in taste, are are sometimes hard to describe.  Even though this beer is easy to find, in my opinion, it is also quite easy to forget.  I feel like Newcastle brown ale is best enjoyed when others are buying.

As always feel free to leave any comments or opinions you may have. And if you have a favorite beer leave a recommendation.  Until next, drink one for me. 

Becks Beer

Tonight I bring you another fine beer, and George Carlin.  I have for you Becks beer.  Becks is a German beer, actually Germany's best selling beer.  So good that they rank fifth among Germany's best selling breweries.  Outside of Germany the U.K and the U.S are the largest markets.  What can I say Germans made a good beer. 

Little fact, the logo on becks bottle is actually the coat of arms for Breman, where it is brewed.  As I drank Beck's I noticed a very clean and refreshing beer with no grimy after taste.  As always you will want to enjoy this from the bottle preferably ice cold.  This is defiantly a beer to be enjoyed with food.

On a whole this is a good generic German beer.  A little bitter at first some say that a Germany beer is best served room temperature, I like mine to be cold.  What was surprising to me was the lack of head that this beer produced.  It poured well and had a good color but nothing special, as far as aesthetics.  Over all not bad but could be better.  I hear it's great in the summer.

As always I look forward to your comments and opinions and until next time, drink one for me.  



 

Budweiser Beer

In lue of the Super Bowl tonight I'm going all out and bringing the king of all beers... yes Anheuser-Busch's infamous king of beers Budweiser.  That says it all, Budweiser is indeed the king of beers.  Who can forget those classic wazzzzzzUP!!! commercials and various super bowl ads.

Too the facts.  Anheuser-Busch owns 13 factories nation wide and ten theme parks. Hows that for fun. One thing they are famous for is their beechwood aging process.  A common misunderstanding is that they use beechwood chips to add flavor.  Not true, the act of burning beechwood is actually to add surface area where the chips settle.  This allows more yeast to enter the beer during brewing.  This in turn adds more flavor and utilizes all available ingredients.

When pouring notice the clean light copper body, great color equals great taste.  Notice how the head is almost a perfect off white color.  This is truly a great beer.  To really get the full flavor you must be using a glass.  Cans add too many reactive substances and leaves the drinker with a metallic taste. 

OK folks half-time is almost over, but as always please feel free to leave comments and recommendations for future reviews.  As always be responsible especially on this super bowl weekend. Till next time, drink one for me.